Happy Easter...
Well, there is little on the radio or tv to suggest celebrating the real reason that we have Easter. Every year it seems to be that way but more so...
This Easter for anyone who wants to hear radio and music as it used to be tune into BBC Radio Essex from 6am Good Friday until Easter Monday at 6pm with all the old pirate radio dj's that are still alive, if you live in the area that Radio Essex broadcasts to you can hear it on Medium wave but it's available across the world via a live stream or the last event was two years ago(is it really that long since the last one?)
If the BBC had any sense they would've cleared the decks and carried this event as a special event for the Easter Weekend on BBC Radio 2 so it could be heard in good quality sound across the UK but no, once again they are virtually carrying the same programmes or nothing special and yet the last Pirate Radio events pulled in listeners from all over the world.
Pirate BBC Radio Essex
And how good is this?
The DJ that read out my e-mail has sent an e-mail acknowledging it and thanking me for writing in and added a few more words so it is a bit more personal. How many would do that?
These DJ's really are held in the public's affection, some of it is because of our memories of the time and what Pirate Radio on the high seas meant to us but also because they have a genuine love of radio and the music, because they are genuinely "Nice" guys, they still are young at heart and have a sense of fun about them which is missing in much of today's radio commercial or at the BBC. And a lot of this is sadly due to the regulations that are now enforced by broadcasting regulators and the Management that runs them.
I was around at the time but sadly so young my memories are not as strong as they could be, it was difficult to hear the stations in the North East of England and many of the best were heard in the southern half of the UK and when they were closed down, most of the DJ's continued their careers in the South. So I know of their reputation but I have missed decades of being entertained by them.
It is only thanks to events such as these and the fact that some are being allowed on national radio in what is the Twilight Years" many realise what talent and quality has been allowed to let go. They were as important or famous as the groups and artists and the music they played.
Remember that half price Jack Daniels I was hoping to buy...the offer was up and none were available so I missed my chance...the moral is if you see a bargain, don't think twice!
It wasn't a bad shopping trip today, I have some lovely food in that I plan to cook for Easter...
I think I will cook the little lamb joint I have and for once hopefully I can have lamb in thin slices which is what I have wanted for ages...rather than in a kind of steak version. Just have to decide what vegetables to cook alongside it and what dessert to follow it with...I knew it wouldn't be long before my mind strayed to food again...
Oh and once again I purchased a bouquet of flowers guarenteed for 14 days it says...I have never really been one to buy cut flowers but they are such good value and they last so long(often longer than the lable says)I have kind of got into the habit of having one bunch in the lounge. The last two bunches have lasted at least three weeks.
This Easter for anyone who wants to hear radio and music as it used to be tune into BBC Radio Essex from 6am Good Friday until Easter Monday at 6pm with all the old pirate radio dj's that are still alive, if you live in the area that Radio Essex broadcasts to you can hear it on Medium wave but it's available across the world via a live stream or the last event was two years ago(is it really that long since the last one?)
If the BBC had any sense they would've cleared the decks and carried this event as a special event for the Easter Weekend on BBC Radio 2 so it could be heard in good quality sound across the UK but no, once again they are virtually carrying the same programmes or nothing special and yet the last Pirate Radio events pulled in listeners from all over the world.
Pirate BBC Radio Essex
And how good is this?
The DJ that read out my e-mail has sent an e-mail acknowledging it and thanking me for writing in and added a few more words so it is a bit more personal. How many would do that?
These DJ's really are held in the public's affection, some of it is because of our memories of the time and what Pirate Radio on the high seas meant to us but also because they have a genuine love of radio and the music, because they are genuinely "Nice" guys, they still are young at heart and have a sense of fun about them which is missing in much of today's radio commercial or at the BBC. And a lot of this is sadly due to the regulations that are now enforced by broadcasting regulators and the Management that runs them.
I was around at the time but sadly so young my memories are not as strong as they could be, it was difficult to hear the stations in the North East of England and many of the best were heard in the southern half of the UK and when they were closed down, most of the DJ's continued their careers in the South. So I know of their reputation but I have missed decades of being entertained by them.
It is only thanks to events such as these and the fact that some are being allowed on national radio in what is the Twilight Years" many realise what talent and quality has been allowed to let go. They were as important or famous as the groups and artists and the music they played.
Remember that half price Jack Daniels I was hoping to buy...the offer was up and none were available so I missed my chance...the moral is if you see a bargain, don't think twice!
It wasn't a bad shopping trip today, I have some lovely food in that I plan to cook for Easter...
I think I will cook the little lamb joint I have and for once hopefully I can have lamb in thin slices which is what I have wanted for ages...rather than in a kind of steak version. Just have to decide what vegetables to cook alongside it and what dessert to follow it with...I knew it wouldn't be long before my mind strayed to food again...
Oh and once again I purchased a bouquet of flowers guarenteed for 14 days it says...I have never really been one to buy cut flowers but they are such good value and they last so long(often longer than the lable says)I have kind of got into the habit of having one bunch in the lounge. The last two bunches have lasted at least three weeks.
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 11:31 pm
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I think it all started with a rabbit stealing a chocolate egg and some guy called Jesus got cross.
Happy Easter Gildy and Span.
Gildy, my motto is if you see something you want and can afford it grab it otherwise some other bugger will. Obviously that motto is far too long to appear on any family crest.
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